Alan Sugar sues Sun over terror splash

Sir Alan Sugar: has issued a writ against the Sun’s publisher News Group Newspapers. Photograph: BBC

The Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar has begun legal action over a Sun front page story that alleged he was named on a "terror hit list".

Sugar, who returns to screens next month in the hit BBC1 show, yesterday issued a writ at the high court in London against the Sun's publisher and News International subsidiary, News Group Newspapers, and its editor, Rebekah Wade.

The businessman and TV star is understood to have been angry at the story, which he felt risked his personal security.

In the Sun's January story, which was headlined "Terror Target Sugar", it was alleged that Islamic extremists were targeting leading British Jews including Sugar in revenge for Israel's invasion of Gaza.

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Alan Sugar sues Sun over terror splash

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